On Sun, 17 Jun 2001 20:58:35 +0200, you wrote:
>I have a database server with 1G phys and 1G swap. It uses 950+ MB for cache,
>as it should, and doesn't even *touch* swap. This is 2.4.5.
I thought the new rule is:
total_memory = max(physical, swap);
And the old rule was:
total_memory = physical + swap;
Hence under a 1G physical and 1G swap setup, the kernel would never
access swap.
Is this the case, or am I a couple of megabytes short in my
understanding of things?
Al
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